I liked it because it was such a dangerous script and showed just what human beings are capable of. Here was a movie in which Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt, who always win in every movie they ever do, simply don't win. I felt that was outrageous for a commercial movie.

His performance as the enigmatic criminal Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In September 2006 Spacey said that he intends to take up British citizenship when it becomes available to him. Next came Anton Chekhov's The Seagull.

In 2013 he starred in the Netflix series House of Cards. He grew up in California and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. A.